[nabs-l] Some Job Questions...

[Suzanne Germano]

In my opinion, not knowing your financial state, going to school would be a
better first place to turn your life around. Unskilled jobs are the most
visual and although many can probably be done they will be a lot harder to
make accessible than skilled/professional job. School can mean just a
training program, certificate, degree...You would probably be able to get
financial aid and or rehab to cover it.

I personally feel that there is more discrimination in entry level jobs vs
skilled positions.

just my 2 cents

good luck


On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Kerri Kosten <kerrik2006 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone:
>
> I am considering applying for some jobs and had a few questions.
> Antians Pretzels (a pretzel place in the mall) is looking for "crew
> members." I have been told this means someone to make the pretzels and
> serve them to the customers, and someone to likely run the register
> and take the pretzel orders.
> There is a restaurant called Panara Bread (a popular sandwich chain)
> opening soon in my area and they are hiring for all positions.
> I am considering applying at these places.
> Is there any way a blind person can run a cash register?
> Is there actually anything I could do at these places as a blind
> person or will they immediately look at my blindness and turn me away?
> I won't go into full details on a listserve, but I am trying to turn
> my life around and one of the ways I thought I could do this was to
> find a simple job that would give me confidence, something to do, and
> to show me that I can in fact work.
> I'll admit, this is my first time applying for a job. If I apply, and
> they ask me to come in for an interview, and they say something like
> "So, what can you do?" if I'm not sure myself what I can do how do I
> respond?
> In the past I've just made the excuse that because of my blindness
> there is nothing I could do when looking for jobs and just given up
> but if I want to turn things around I have to do something and
> applying for jobs is one of the things I can think of to do.
> Thanks,
> Kerri
>
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